>"That's what most of these hardcore Christians don't seem to understand about theeir own religion."
That is because most so-called Christians really are not very Christian. They don't follow the teachings and examples of Jesus, but instead follow organized religion, dogma, and related politics. And they also tend to look at the mostly supplanted old testament for answers to questions that are more easily answered by that famous and simple saying "what would Jesus do?"
>"There was a script automatically monitoring the CBL for the IP addresses of all the spam-bots, If one was found to be blacklisted, this script requested the delisting of the IP address"
Oooh, that is really clever/evil. And that went on for years and Spamhaus never discovered they were getting automated requests? I would think that would be pretty easy to detect if they get ANOTHER report of spam coming from the same machine and ANOTHER delisting request...
If they make it required, I guess I will never visit Japan. Fingerprints should not be used for biometrics. Period.
Using fingerprints and allowing a third-party to have access to that data is unacceptable. Not only because the government should have no need to track what people are doing but because the gov should not have fingerprint registration data (which will be horribly abused) . Every time a national database is searched, if your data is in there, you are being searched without probable cause.
Stand up for your rights, people... and the rights of your children. Once you give this data to the government (or big business), it will NEVER be erased or restricted, regardless of claims or laws- it will go into huge databases and shared between all agencies and used however they want for as long as they want.
There is only one safer and practical biometric I know of- that is deep vein palm scan. That registration data cannot be readily abused. It can't be latently collected like DNA, fingerprints, and face recognition can. You have to know you are registering/enrolling when it happens. You don't leave evidence of it all over the place. When you go to use it, you know you are using it every time. And on top of all that, it is accurate, fast, reliable, unchanging, live-sensing, and cheap. If you must participate in a biometric, this is the one you should insist on using.
But we also need to realize that IT IS NOT EVERYONE'S BUSINESS WHAT WE ALL DO. The first step in securing freedom is privacy. When you are tracked, you are losing your freedom, whether you realize it or not.
>"the African American woman who earned the nickname 'the human computer' at NASA during its space race golden age."
There are probably a number black women as well as European American women, and all kinds of people people of all races, creeds, religions, sexual orientations, etc behind all the workings of NASA that we have never heard of before.
>"The problem is that the OS trusts random USB sticks. The problem is that the OS will automatically run a program that can install malware from a USB stick. The problem is that it isn't safe to plug a USB stick into a computer."
Really? I have used hundreds of Linux machines for dozens of years. Not a single one has automatically run a program or automatically opened a file from a USB drive. Ever.
I have also plugged into many Android devices- never seen anything run automatically on those either.
Yep, I taught as an adjunct instructor at ITT for three years from 2001 to 2004 teaching Linux.
It had some good points and bad points. Some of their classes were quite good, others were mediocre. The dean was great and supportive. The equipment was good, the building was nice, and the hours were reasonable. The biggest problem was that there were WAY too many students there who had no business being in college [of any kind]. They had no technical aptitude and it was obvious they were there solely because they had government loans or GI bill and thought "tech" was a road to land a money job.
I kept my sanity by focusing on the few people in each class (of typically around 20+) that DID have aptitude. There were people there for whom ITT did great things (and usually the only ones with A's or B's in my classes).... but the majority were clueless and ITT fought hard to keep those people from failing. I was not afraid to give poor grades for poor work, but the administration would occasionally interfere on behalf of a student, saying they should have more time or another chance, etc.
What finally caused me to leave was that I wrote the entire curriculum- syllabus, handouts, assignments, classwork, quizzes, and exams for two entire courses and taught how I felt it should be taught- making Linux interesting and exciting while still imparting practical skills. Then, after years of people saying my class was the best they had ever taken at ITT, the mandate from Corporate came down that everyone would have to teach strictly their "professionally designed" curriculum- using outdated books, really outdated distros, very boring assignments, confusing exams, and complete with mandatory PowerPoint slides we are supposed to use in class. I told them "Sorry, you hired someone with many years of Unix/Linux experience to create and teach classes. You can hire anyone off the street if you just want them to teach this poor quality coursework." And left before the changes took place.
It was an interesting experience that I don't regret and I do hope helped some people in the process. It gave me a great appreciation for teachers- something I certainly could never do full-time.
>"noting how personal assistants like Siri, Cortana, S Voice and Google Now"
The voice interaction system in Android is not "Google Now". Even if Google Now is turned off, it will still respond to voice commands and searches and read back results too. I don't know why people keep thinking "Now" is the voice response system. Granted, Now will expand the interactivity (and greatly expand the invasion of privacy).
I certainly hope the interior photos are either just a placeholder or a joke, because having a dashboard as ONLY just a 15" landscape monitor mounted on a pole in the center of the car would be the stupidest design, ever!
>"To enroll in TSA's Precheck registration program, travelers must pay $85 to $100 every five years, then submit to a background check, in-person interview at an airport, and to being fingerprinted. "
Yeah, because I am really going to submit to being FINGERPRINTED so I can be searched without probable cause EVERY single time they run anybody's prints for ANY reason from ANY agency. I think not. Totally unacceptable.
Fingerprints should not be used for biometrics. Period. Once you give this data to the government (or big business), it will NEVER be erased or restricted, regardless of claims or laws- it will go into huge databases and shared between all agencies and used however they want for as long as they want.
If they really need a biometric for this "feature" of security, there is only one safer and practical biometric I know of- that is deep vein palm scan. That registration data cannot be readily abused. It can't be latently collected like DNA, fingerprints, and face recognition can. You have to know you are registering/enrolling when it happens. You don't leave evidence of it all over the place. When you go to use it, you know you are using it every time. And on top of all that, it is accurate, fast, reliable, unchanging, live-sensing, and cheap. If you must participate in a biometric, this is the one you should insist on using.
But we also need to realize that IT IS NOT EVERYONE'S BUSINESS WHAT WE ALL DO. The first step in securing freedom is privacy. When you are tracked, you are losing your freedom, whether you realize it or not. And the whole TSA security theater is a scam on everyone.
>"the two main sources being soft drinks (17 percent) closely followed by fruit drinks (14 percent). (In this case, 'fruit drinks' refers to processed juices with added sugars.)"
It really doesn't matter much if the juice is 100% natural or a dilution with added sugars. It is still sugar without the rest of the fruit solids (which contains fiber, pectin, and other components). Drinking a glass of fruit juice is not a natural way to consume fruit... it is rapidly taking in a huge quantity of unregulated simple calories.
Fruit juice is just mostly sugar water. If you want to be "healthy" and/or lose weight and/or prevent insulin spikes then drink water. Then, optionally eat a single serving of WHOLE fruit (like one apple or one peach or something) if you want fruit.
>"You put your card in the cash machine but nothing comes out. The bank's IT systems have crashed again. But you need money fast, so what do you do?"
You wait until it is back up in a few hours or try tomorrow because you are not stupid enough to run COMPLETELY out of cash before going to get more. It is called "responsibility".
First they should have disclosed they were doing this. Then, there should be an opt-out and/or control so the user can select what bitrates/resolutions they want from the start. Just because someone is on AT&T or Verizon doesn't mean they don't have an older unlimited plan. It also doesn't mean they will be viewing the video on a tiny screen phone (access point mode). Someone else commented they were NOT doing it on Sprint or T-Mobile, and yet the same (in reserve) applies to them... both will THROTTLE when the "unlimited" plans are used up.
Oh, and I think it is probably more about (or at least as much about) conserving bandwidth and its cost than doing users a favor.
>" Google says. It is based on the same neural network tech that powers Google's voice search in the Google app and voice typing in Google's Keyboard."
Indeed. So does this mean Google will store and mine and analyze and profitize the spoken text data too?
>"But how much do everyday tech executives -- the CIOs, Chief Data Officers, and so on -- earn? Generally between $150,000 and $175,000 per year"
That really doesn't sound like a lot for those types of positions in big companies.... but those positions typically have LOTS AND LOTS of perks that often easily outstrip the salary. Several fully-paid insurances, paid vehicles, paid phones & other tech, large 401K and other funds, stock options (which can be worth a fortune), delayed balloons, education reimbursements, huge expense accounts, travel allotments, BONUSES, extra vacation, etc.
>"For one, I spend much more when I go see the movie with my wife if you factor in drink and food, parking and travel."
Except there is no expense for parking for most of us, and food isn't included with this $50 thing either. My nice theater is down the street, a 2 min drive with free parking and $5 to $12 ticket price depending on time, per person. Eat before going.
Or wait for the Bluray on sale for $25 and own it. Or wait for it to be on Netflix and stream it as much as you like for no extra charge than what you already pay for Netflix.
I don't see how $50 is reasonable to time-bomb "rent" a streaming-only movie. Now, if it were $25, that might compete with 2 people going to the movies (or the above options)...
Thanks for getting rid of auto-refresh. It sucked to have the page refresh while typing or scrolling.
BINGO. I *hate* pages that auto-refresh. I can't tell you how many times Slashdot ticked me off reloading for no reason why I was either trying to read something or even while scrolling and then I had to stop and find where I was again.
Also like the polls being where they should be.... on the right.
Don't care about https much, though. I prefer having choice, not being forced to https.
>" In many locations, these clocks are never able to receive a time signal, making them no better at timekeeping than a cheap quartz clock"
Yep. In the Mid-Atlantic (east coast) the signal is very weak and easily overpowered by just about anything. I have 7 atomic clocks in my house. Only 4 reliably get a signal and the other 3 have to be moved to different rooms to sync, which is very annoying. And the power/reliability changes pretty greatly throughout the year with the seasons.
There was a proposal once to add another WWVB transmitter to help but it never happened. I don't know why there isn't a standard based on FM radio- since just about all the FM stations now broadcast digital information, including the time. It is cheap and simply technology. GPS is not generally a good option because it doesn't penetrate buildings well and they and WiFi clocks are complex and expensive.
There is only one safe, accurate, and practical biometric I know of- that is deep vein palm scan. That registration data cannot be readily abused. It can't be latently collected like DNA, fingerprints, and face recognition can. You have to know you are registering/enrolling when it happens. You don't leave evidence of it all over the place. When you go to use it, you know you are using it every time. And on top of all that, it is accurate, fast, reliable, unchanging, live-sensing, and cheap. If you must participate in a biometric, this is the one you should insist on using and no other.
This ear thing sounds interesting and has promise to be similar in privacy and rights/control as a vein scan. But also probably not as accurate as a deep vein scan and is certainly not a proven technology yet. Besides, I would rather place my palm on something than have something stuck in my ear.
>"The Android 5/6 battery monitor is far, far better than the old one. Much more accurate and gives you a real idea of what is using that energy, instead of just 90% "screen". What is it you don't like?"
On the Nexus 5, it is crap. If you add up everything, it does not equal the amount of battery used.... not even close. I can have 20% of the battery GONE and it shows me 2% in one thing and 1% in about 9 other things and that is it.
>"You can block the Android Wear notification by holding down on it and then touching the bell with a line through it icon."
Doesn't do that on my Nexus 5 running the latest Android (there is no bell). I can long hold it and block ALL Wear notifications through the "i", but I don't want to do that. I just don't want a useless, persistent "connected" notification. It used to be you couldn't even dismiss it! Now you can dismiss it and it just returns a few minutes or hours later. I can tell from the watch if I am connected... My other bluetooth connections don't have a persistent notification. Neither does WiFi. I don't need or want one for Wear. In typical Google Android fashion, we are just not allowed any options or control for the way it works. It is like they are afraid to give users any settings for most of the OS.
>"My biggest worry about N is that they are thinking of getting rid of the app drawer "
Gross. The stupid desktop with the left swipe to "NOW" and persistent search bar on EVERY PAGE is why I was forced to install Nova Launcher. Maybe that will cover a stupid change like that too.... I hope.
>"at least on nexus 5x, if you use the fingerprint you don't need to swipe. Also if you use trusted places no swiping as well"
Well, it is not that way on the Nexus 5... and it is running the same version of Android. Turn on trusted locking and you STILL can't just turn on the display, you have to go through a stupid swipe screen. Makes no sense.
How exciting... all these N improvements I will likely never use, and yet I bet I still won't be able to:
* List/filter contacts by group, which was TAKEN AWAY from us years ago with no notice and for no apparent reason.
* Turn on the Smart Lock but WITHOUT the stupid swipe to continue.
* Have settings menus where the items are actually alphabetized so they can be found quickly.
* Have a battery usage/monitoring system which actually works and means something (like it used to).
* Choose the icon set used in various places, especially the main status bar, so they are actually visible and meaningful (yes, they actually took away the "bars" from WiFi, Cell, and Battery... how brilliant)
* Turn off the persistent Android Wear connected notification which is unnecessary.
I am sure I can think of a lot more, but I am tired (and yes, we are talking Nexus)
They would all load a lot freaking faster if they would stop designing them with multiple, stupid, scrolling, 20 megapixel background images and dozens of megabytes of irritating javascript "special effects". Just saying.
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>"That's what most of these hardcore Christians don't seem to understand about theeir own religion."
That is because most so-called Christians really are not very Christian. They don't follow the teachings and examples of Jesus, but instead follow organized religion, dogma, and related politics. And they also tend to look at the mostly supplanted old testament for answers to questions that are more easily answered by that famous and simple saying "what would Jesus do?"
>"There was a script automatically monitoring the CBL for the IP addresses of all the spam-bots, If one was found to be blacklisted, this script requested the delisting of the IP address"
Oooh, that is really clever/evil. And that went on for years and Spamhaus never discovered they were getting automated requests? I would think that would be pretty easy to detect if they get ANOTHER report of spam coming from the same machine and ANOTHER delisting request...
If they make it required, I guess I will never visit Japan. Fingerprints should not be used for biometrics. Period.
Using fingerprints and allowing a third-party to have access to that data is unacceptable. Not only because the government should have no need to track what people are doing but because the gov should not have fingerprint registration data (which will be horribly abused) . Every time a national database is searched, if your data is in there, you are being searched without probable cause.
Stand up for your rights, people... and the rights of your children. Once you give this data to the government (or big business), it will NEVER be erased or restricted, regardless of claims or laws- it will go into huge databases and shared between all agencies and used however they want for as long as they want.
There is only one safer and practical biometric I know of- that is deep vein palm scan. That registration data cannot be readily abused. It can't be latently collected like DNA, fingerprints, and face recognition can. You have to know you are registering/enrolling when it happens. You don't leave evidence of it all over the place. When you go to use it, you know you are using it every time. And on top of all that, it is accurate, fast, reliable, unchanging, live-sensing, and cheap. If you must participate in a biometric, this is the one you should insist on using.
Example: http://www.m2sys.com/palm-vein...
But we also need to realize that IT IS NOT EVERYONE'S BUSINESS WHAT WE ALL DO. The first step in securing freedom is privacy. When you are tracked, you are losing your freedom, whether you realize it or not.
>"the African American woman who earned the nickname 'the human computer' at NASA during its space race golden age."
There are probably a number black women as well as European American women, and all kinds of people people of all races, creeds, religions, sexual orientations, etc behind all the workings of NASA that we have never heard of before.
>"The problem is that the OS trusts random USB sticks. The problem is that the OS will automatically run a program that can install malware from a USB stick. The problem is that it isn't safe to plug a USB stick into a computer."
Really? I have used hundreds of Linux machines for dozens of years. Not a single one has automatically run a program or automatically opened a file from a USB drive. Ever.
I have also plugged into many Android devices- never seen anything run automatically on those either.
Yep, I taught as an adjunct instructor at ITT for three years from 2001 to 2004 teaching Linux.
It had some good points and bad points. Some of their classes were quite good, others were mediocre. The dean was great and supportive. The equipment was good, the building was nice, and the hours were reasonable. The biggest problem was that there were WAY too many students there who had no business being in college [of any kind]. They had no technical aptitude and it was obvious they were there solely because they had government loans or GI bill and thought "tech" was a road to land a money job.
I kept my sanity by focusing on the few people in each class (of typically around 20+) that DID have aptitude. There were people there for whom ITT did great things (and usually the only ones with A's or B's in my classes).... but the majority were clueless and ITT fought hard to keep those people from failing. I was not afraid to give poor grades for poor work, but the administration would occasionally interfere on behalf of a student, saying they should have more time or another chance, etc.
What finally caused me to leave was that I wrote the entire curriculum- syllabus, handouts, assignments, classwork, quizzes, and exams for two entire courses and taught how I felt it should be taught- making Linux interesting and exciting while still imparting practical skills. Then, after years of people saying my class was the best they had ever taken at ITT, the mandate from Corporate came down that everyone would have to teach strictly their "professionally designed" curriculum- using outdated books, really outdated distros, very boring assignments, confusing exams, and complete with mandatory PowerPoint slides we are supposed to use in class. I told them "Sorry, you hired someone with many years of Unix/Linux experience to create and teach classes. You can hire anyone off the street if you just want them to teach this poor quality coursework." And left before the changes took place.
It was an interesting experience that I don't regret and I do hope helped some people in the process. It gave me a great appreciation for teachers- something I certainly could never do full-time.
>"noting how personal assistants like Siri, Cortana, S Voice and Google Now"
The voice interaction system in Android is not "Google Now". Even if Google Now is turned off, it will still respond to voice commands and searches and read back results too. I don't know why people keep thinking "Now" is the voice response system. Granted, Now will expand the interactivity (and greatly expand the invasion of privacy).
Unfortunately, I feel like I am 100.
I certainly hope the interior photos are either just a placeholder or a joke, because having a dashboard as ONLY just a 15" landscape monitor mounted on a pole in the center of the car would be the stupidest design, ever!
http://www.dragtimes.com/blog/...
http://www.dragtimes.com/blog/...
I found others like this:
http://www.autocarnewshq.com/w...
which look FAR more reasonable, but I can't tell if those are really just Model S.
>"To enroll in TSA's Precheck registration program, travelers must pay $85 to $100 every five years, then submit to a background check, in-person interview at an airport, and to being fingerprinted. "
Yeah, because I am really going to submit to being FINGERPRINTED so I can be searched without probable cause EVERY single time they run anybody's prints for ANY reason from ANY agency. I think not. Totally unacceptable.
Fingerprints should not be used for biometrics. Period. Once you give this data to the government (or big business), it will NEVER be erased or restricted, regardless of claims or laws- it will go into huge databases and shared between all agencies and used however they want for as long as they want.
If they really need a biometric for this "feature" of security, there is only one safer and practical biometric I know of- that is deep vein palm scan. That registration data cannot be readily abused. It can't be latently collected like DNA, fingerprints, and face recognition can. You have to know you are registering/enrolling when it happens. You don't leave evidence of it all over the place. When you go to use it, you know you are using it every time. And on top of all that, it is accurate, fast, reliable, unchanging, live-sensing, and cheap. If you must participate in a biometric, this is the one you should insist on using.
Example: http://www.m2sys.com/palm-vein...
But we also need to realize that IT IS NOT EVERYONE'S BUSINESS WHAT WE ALL DO. The first step in securing freedom is privacy. When you are tracked, you are losing your freedom, whether you realize it or not. And the whole TSA security theater is a scam on everyone.
>"the two main sources being soft drinks (17 percent) closely followed by fruit drinks (14 percent). (In this case, 'fruit drinks' refers to processed juices with added sugars.)"
It really doesn't matter much if the juice is 100% natural or a dilution with added sugars. It is still sugar without the rest of the fruit solids (which contains fiber, pectin, and other components). Drinking a glass of fruit juice is not a natural way to consume fruit... it is rapidly taking in a huge quantity of unregulated simple calories.
Fruit juice is just mostly sugar water. If you want to be "healthy" and/or lose weight and/or prevent insulin spikes then drink water. Then, optionally eat a single serving of WHOLE fruit (like one apple or one peach or something) if you want fruit.
>"You put your card in the cash machine but nothing comes out. The bank's IT systems have crashed again. But you need money fast, so what do you do?"
You wait until it is back up in a few hours or try tomorrow because you are not stupid enough to run COMPLETELY out of cash before going to get more. It is called "responsibility".
First they should have disclosed they were doing this. Then, there should be an opt-out and/or control so the user can select what bitrates/resolutions they want from the start. Just because someone is on AT&T or Verizon doesn't mean they don't have an older unlimited plan. It also doesn't mean they will be viewing the video on a tiny screen phone (access point mode). Someone else commented they were NOT doing it on Sprint or T-Mobile, and yet the same (in reserve) applies to them... both will THROTTLE when the "unlimited" plans are used up.
Oh, and I think it is probably more about (or at least as much about) conserving bandwidth and its cost than doing users a favor.
>" Google says. It is based on the same neural network tech that powers Google's voice search in the Google app and voice typing in Google's Keyboard."
Indeed. So does this mean Google will store and mine and analyze and profitize the spoken text data too?
Please no. There is absolutely no need to mess with one of the few remaining universal standards.
>"You are leaving out the most prominent bit of "non-salary" compensation: bonuses."
Actually, not only did I not leave it out, I uppercased it.
>"But how much do everyday tech executives -- the CIOs, Chief Data Officers, and so on -- earn? Generally between $150,000 and $175,000 per year"
That really doesn't sound like a lot for those types of positions in big companies.... but those positions typically have LOTS AND LOTS of perks that often easily outstrip the salary. Several fully-paid insurances, paid vehicles, paid phones & other tech, large 401K and other funds, stock options (which can be worth a fortune), delayed balloons, education reimbursements, huge expense accounts, travel allotments, BONUSES, extra vacation, etc.
>"For one, I spend much more when I go see the movie with my wife if you factor in drink and food, parking and travel."
Except there is no expense for parking for most of us, and food isn't included with this $50 thing either. My nice theater is down the street, a 2 min drive with free parking and $5 to $12 ticket price depending on time, per person. Eat before going.
Or wait for the Bluray on sale for $25 and own it.
Or wait for it to be on Netflix and stream it as much as you like for no extra charge than what you already pay for Netflix.
I don't see how $50 is reasonable to time-bomb "rent" a streaming-only movie. Now, if it were $25, that might compete with 2 people going to the movies (or the above options)...
Thanks for getting rid of auto-refresh. It sucked to have the page refresh while typing or scrolling.
BINGO. I *hate* pages that auto-refresh. I can't tell you how many times Slashdot ticked me off reloading for no reason why I was either trying to read something or even while scrolling and then I had to stop and find where I was again.
Also like the polls being where they should be.... on the right.
Don't care about https much, though. I prefer having choice, not being forced to https.
>" In many locations, these clocks are never able to receive a time signal, making them no better at timekeeping than a cheap quartz clock"
Yep. In the Mid-Atlantic (east coast) the signal is very weak and easily overpowered by just about anything. I have 7 atomic clocks in my house. Only 4 reliably get a signal and the other 3 have to be moved to different rooms to sync, which is very annoying. And the power/reliability changes pretty greatly throughout the year with the seasons.
There was a proposal once to add another WWVB transmitter to help but it never happened. I don't know why there isn't a standard based on FM radio- since just about all the FM stations now broadcast digital information, including the time. It is cheap and simply technology. GPS is not generally a good option because it doesn't penetrate buildings well and they and WiFi clocks are complex and expensive.
There is only one safe, accurate, and practical biometric I know of- that is deep vein palm scan. That registration data cannot be readily abused. It can't be latently collected like DNA, fingerprints, and face recognition can. You have to know you are registering/enrolling when it happens. You don't leave evidence of it all over the place. When you go to use it, you know you are using it every time. And on top of all that, it is accurate, fast, reliable, unchanging, live-sensing, and cheap. If you must participate in a biometric, this is the one you should insist on using and no other.
This ear thing sounds interesting and has promise to be similar in privacy and rights/control as a vein scan. But also probably not as accurate as a deep vein scan and is certainly not a proven technology yet. Besides, I would rather place my palm on something than have something stuck in my ear.
>"The Android 5/6 battery monitor is far, far better than the old one. Much more accurate and gives you a real idea of what is using that energy, instead of just 90% "screen". What is it you don't like?"
On the Nexus 5, it is crap. If you add up everything, it does not equal the amount of battery used.... not even close. I can have 20% of the battery GONE and it shows me 2% in one thing and 1% in about 9 other things and that is it.
>"You can block the Android Wear notification by holding down on it and then touching the bell with a line through it icon."
Doesn't do that on my Nexus 5 running the latest Android (there is no bell). I can long hold it and block ALL Wear notifications through the "i", but I don't want to do that. I just don't want a useless, persistent "connected" notification. It used to be you couldn't even dismiss it! Now you can dismiss it and it just returns a few minutes or hours later. I can tell from the watch if I am connected... My other bluetooth connections don't have a persistent notification. Neither does WiFi. I don't need or want one for Wear. In typical Google Android fashion, we are just not allowed any options or control for the way it works. It is like they are afraid to give users any settings for most of the OS.
>"My biggest worry about N is that they are thinking of getting rid of the app drawer "
Gross. The stupid desktop with the left swipe to "NOW" and persistent search bar on EVERY PAGE is why I was forced to install Nova Launcher. Maybe that will cover a stupid change like that too.... I hope.
>"at least on nexus 5x, if you use the fingerprint you don't need to swipe. Also if you use trusted places no swiping as well"
Well, it is not that way on the Nexus 5... and it is running the same version of Android. Turn on trusted locking and you STILL can't just turn on the display, you have to go through a stupid swipe screen. Makes no sense.
How exciting... all these N improvements I will likely never use, and yet I bet I still won't be able to:
* List/filter contacts by group, which was TAKEN AWAY from us years ago with no notice and for no apparent reason.
* Turn on the Smart Lock but WITHOUT the stupid swipe to continue.
* Have settings menus where the items are actually alphabetized so they can be found quickly.
* Have a battery usage/monitoring system which actually works and means something (like it used to).
* Choose the icon set used in various places, especially the main status bar, so they are actually visible and meaningful (yes, they actually took away the "bars" from WiFi, Cell, and Battery... how brilliant)
* Turn off the persistent Android Wear connected notification which is unnecessary.
I am sure I can think of a lot more, but I am tired (and yes, we are talking Nexus)
They would all load a lot freaking faster if they would stop designing them with multiple, stupid, scrolling, 20 megapixel background images and dozens of megabytes of irritating javascript "special effects". Just saying.